Hand-binder.



No. 695,558. Patented Mar. I8, |902.

' H. M. HUNTINGTDN.

-HAND BINDER.

(Application led Nov. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

HARLOV M. HUNTINGTON, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

HAND-BINDER.v

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 695,558, dated March.18, 1902. Application tiled November 30,1900. Serial No. 38,163. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t mot-y concern: y

Be it known that I, HARLOW M. HUNTING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Belvidere, in the county of Boone andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Binders, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of my invention is to produce a hand-binder adapted for usein binding cornstalks and the like into bundles; and it oonsists,essentially, of constructing and combining a suitable base, a sheavemounted therein, a compressing-.rope fast by one end to the base andadapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the sheave, and agrip-lever coacting With` the sheave to grip and hold taut thecompressor portion of the compressingrope.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a side elevation of a shock of corn inprocess of being bound by means of my improved binder. Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional detail of parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 isV anisometrical view of the binder minus the compressing-rope.

Like letters of referencefindicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A is a base formed, preferably, of cast-iron. B is a sheave mountedtherein on a pintle B.

O is a compressing-rope fast by one end C' to the base A by being passedthrough and Vsecured in the hole O2 therein and having its free endportion C3 adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the sheave B.

D is a grip-lever, mounted between its ends D D2 on the pivot-bearing D3onA the base A` and adapted to coact withrthe sheave B to grip and holdtaut the compressorA portion C4v of the compressing-rope O. y

E is a strip of metal, preferably tempered steel, fast to the base A andhaving therein a slot E to temporarily receive and connect one end of aline of binding-twine with such base A and provided with an edgedindentation E2 for cutting off the requisite amount of twine for bindingeach bundle.

F is a line of binding-twine having a loop F on one end thereof.

Supposing the stalks G to be bound to have been severed from their rootsin the usual or any manner and assembled as in Fig. l. The

his left hand he with his right hand pulls the Y 'free' end O2 thereofover the sheave B until the stalks are compressed'as com pactly asdesired. He will next release the rope C, and the resiliency of thestalks Gr, Fig. 2, acting upon the free end D of the lever D, will causethe serrated end D2 thereof to coact with the sheave B to grip and holdtaut the compressor portion (l4 of the rope C. He will then cut off, bymeans of the edged indentation E2 in the part E', as Inueh twineF as isrequired to tie the bundle, preferably passing the free end thereofthrough the loop F and after drawing it therethrough taut tying itthereto in any desired manner. The operator will next disengage thelever `D from the rope C and the latter from the sheave B, when thebinder will be ready for use in binding the next bundle'.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is e Y In ahand-binder, in combination, a base, a sheave mounted therein, acompressingrope, fast by one end to the base, and adapted to be engagedwith, and disengaged from, the sheave,and a grip-lever, operated by theresiliency of the stalks beingbonnd and coacting with the sheave to gripand hold taut the compressor portion of the compressing-rope, and themetal strip E, fast to the base' and having therein a slot E', totemporarily connect one end of a line of binding-twine with.

the base, and also provided with an edged indentation E2 for cutting offthev requisite amount of twine for binding a bundle, substantially asand for the purpose speciiied.

In testimony whereofl I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARLOW M. HUNTINGTON.

Witnesses L. L. MORRISON, NELLIE BUNKER.

